binary system

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This discovery also confirms a long-predicted type of binary system that had never been clearly identified.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

The two asteroids orbit a shared center of mass in what scientists call a binary system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Though he takes a minute to upbraid her, they’re obviously the show’s binary system, and Decker is in any case a cheery sort who takes things in stride — even prison, seemingly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

This strange new world orbits around two stars at once, which dance around each other in what astronomers call a binary system.

From Space Scoop • May 6, 2025

He dimmed the lights and switched a graphic onto the wall-screen behind him: a binary system, the elliptical figure-eight of the planet's orbit encircling two nearly identical suns.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Leadem, Christopher